{"id":1801179,"date":"2023-01-10T12:04:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T17:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1801179"},"modified":"2023-01-10T12:04:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T17:04:58","slug":"after-paying-twitter-millions-fbi-says-other-possible-big-tech-payments-are-protected-for-law-enforcement-purposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-paying-twitter-millions-fbi-says-other-possible-big-tech-payments-are-protected-for-law-enforcement-purposes\/","title":{"rendered":"After Paying Twitter Millions, FBI Says Other Possible Big Tech Payments Are Protected For \u2018Law Enforcement Purposes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-paying-twitter-millions-fbi-says-other-possible-big-tech-payments-are-protected-for-law-enforcement-purposes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1801179&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a> It refused to publish any payments it might have made.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/google\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a> Oder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/meta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta<\/a> Because such records may contain sensitive information about law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, it was revealed that the FBI paid $3.4 million to Twitter to process requests for information about the censorship or deactivation of multiple accounts on the platform. The Daily Wire requested similar records through a Freedom Of Information Act request. This FOIA request sought to see what payments Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Google, might have made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI can neither confirm nor deny the existence of records responsive to your request pursuant to FOIA Exemption (b)(7)(E) [5 U.S.C.\u00a7552 (b)(7)(E)]. The nature of your request implicates records the FBI may or may not compile for law enforcement purposes,\u201d The Daily Wire received a written statement from the FBI Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/618959172\/FBI-response-to-Daily-Wire-FOIA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Response<\/a> To a December 20, FOIA request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease be advised per standard FBI practice and policy this response neither confirms nor denies the existence of any records which would disclose techniques, procedures, or guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions and risk circumvention of the law by FOIA Exemption (b)(7)(E) [5 U.S.C.\u00a7552 (b)(7)(E)]. Therefore, your request is being administratively closed,\u201d The FBI stated.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, the new chief of Twitter, has released a list of records and communications from Twitter. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-twitter-files-show-fbi-paid-twitter-millions-influenced-execs-to-censor-hunter-biden-laptop-story\">revealed<\/a> The FBI developed a relationship to the social media giant through which it would pay the company to process requests regarding censorship and information about certain social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>One message beginning February 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShellenbergerMD\/status\/1604908670063906817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> that the FBI paid Twitter millions of dollars in compensation for the time the company\u2019s staff spent processing the FBI\u2019s myriad requests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2019 [Twitter\u2019s Safety, Content, &#038; Law Enforcement team] instituted a reimbursement program for our legal process response from the FBI. Prior to the start of the program, Twitter chose not to collect under this statutory right of reimbursement for the time spent processing requests from the FBI,\u201d The email stated that. \u201cI am happy to report we have collected $3,415,323 since October 2019!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s relationship with the company influenced the platform\u2019s censorship decisions at a high level. For instance, Twitter\u2019s former head of site integrity, Yoel Roth, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShellenbergerMD\/status\/1604879477732831235\">Witness testimony<\/a> In December 2020, the FBI and other members the U.S Intelligence Community instructed Twitter to be on the lookout for alleged terrorist activity. \u201chack-and-leak operations\u201d by the state actors, namely Russia, ahead of the release of emails from Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO made similar claims on an appearance to the \u201cJoe Rogan Experience\u201d August<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI basically came to us, some folks on our team was like, \u2018Hey, just so you know, you should be on high alert. We thought that there was a lot of Russian propaganda in the 2016 election. We have it on notice that basically There\u2019s about to be some kind of dump that\u2019s similar to that,\u2019\u201d Zuckerberg said.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post dropped a story on Hunter\u2019s laptop in October 2020 which was subsequently censored or suppressed on Twitter and Facebook. One of the largest proponents for censoring the story inside Twitter was the company\u2019s deputy general counsel James Baker, who joined the social media platform after a stint as the FBI\u2019s general counsel.<\/p>\n<p>After much internal debate, Roth decided to censor Biden&#8217;s laptop story. \u201cThe suggestion from experts \u2013 which rings true \u2013 is there was a hack that happened separately, and they loaded the hacked materials on the laptop that magically appeared at a repair shop in Delaware,\u201d Roth wrote in an email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI denied a request to make public any payments it may have made to\u00a0Google or Meta because such records could reveal protected information about law enforcement. 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